The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina ...

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are important and surprising. They're not in any particular order. (Also, take ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...

The wounded soldiers above were photographed at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, between 1861 ... Civil War combat, by comparison, was concentrated and personal, featuring large-scale ...

War broke out in April 1861 with the attempt by the Federal government to resupply ... Finally, constitutionally and politically, Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the Civil War.

In other words, strategy shapes the course and consequences of the battles and campaigns ... In the volume under review, noted historian of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Earl J. Hess, turns the ...

Willie Johnston joined D Company of the 3rd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment in December 1861 after his father ... a critical position during the Civil War that was responsible for much ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Garry Adelman, a historian, rates nine American Civil War battles in movies. He comments on the Civil War-era artillery and rifles on display in "Free State of ...

The Montgomery Conference yesterday passed an act recognizing war with the United States ... for the first time since the civil discord in the United States, an American vessel hoisted the ...

National Museum of American History One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 9, 1865, a lone Confederate ... soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was entering its fifth year.